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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2005/16",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for regulating the sale of alcohol, and for regulating licensed premises and other premises on which alcohol is sold; and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 16th November 2005 and received Royal Assent on 21st December 2005",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (30.7.2009) by Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/277), art. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act power to modify conferred (1.10.2011) by Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 18), ss. 15(1)(c)(i), 18(1) (with s. 16); S.S.I. 2011/149, art. 2, Sch."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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